If you have a table that you’ve created elsewhere (in Excel, for example), one that is saved on your computer, you can add it to a slide just as you would a graphic. However, you can also create tables to insert into your slides quite easily on the spot. Using the Insert table command, you can format and create a table that will be immediately inserted into a slide. This command will prompt you as you go, so it’s easy to use. Once you create the table and it appears on your slide, you can easily drag it and re-size it as you wish. Inserting a table in this way also gives you access to tools that allow you to change the table’s borders to better suit your purposes. Using the “table” tab on this border menu also allows you to easily insert more cells into your table.
Using the Insert...chart comment in PowerPoint, you can also create a chart or graph direction in PowerPoint. Simply use this commend to generate a generic chart, add in your data into the supplied spread sheet, and click on the chart to select the chart type you wish to deploy.
There are a number of web sites and resources that allow you to create even better charts and graphs, however. They include,
If you have a table that you’ve created elsewhere (in Excel, for example), one that is saved on your computer, you can add it to a slide just as you would a graphic. However, you can also create tables to insert into your slides quite easily on the spot. Using the Insert table command, you can format and create a table that will be immediately inserted into a slide. This command will prompt you as you go, so it’s easy to use. Once you create the table and it appears on your slide, you can easily drag it and re-size it as you wish. Inserting a table in this way also gives you access to tools that allow you to change the table’s borders to better suit your purposes. Using the “table” tab on this border menu also allows you to easily insert more cells into your table.
Using the Insert...chart comment in PowerPoint, you can also create a chart or graph direction in PowerPoint. Simply use this commend to generate a generic chart, add in your data into the supplied spread sheet, and click on the chart to select the chart type you wish to deploy.
There are a number of web sites and resources that allow you to create even better charts and graphs, however. They include,
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
Very basic and easy to use
http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/
http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/category/visual-explanation/
Particularly interesting collection
http://graphjam.com/
http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=91610&topic=14186
Google motion chart
http://my.lovelycharts.com/
http://chartgizmo.com
http://mashable.com/2008/01/17/5-free-online-pie-chart-utilities/
Pie charts
http://gliffy.com
http://draw.labs.autodesk.com/ADDraw/draw.html
http://www.juiceanalytics.com/chartchooser/
More interesting than some of the others. Easy to export to PowerPoint
Some advice about using charts and graphs:
Advice from Seth Godin: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/08/how-to-make-a-p.html